Title :
Optical loss features due to fibre fracturing at splice
Author :
Kuwabara, Takuhito ; Koga, Hirotaka ; Mistunaga, Y. ; Isobe, Shuji
Author_Institution :
NTT Telecommun. Field Syst. R&D Center, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
The optical loss increase of a fractured optical fibre splice is investigated experimentally. The loss increase of the fractured part caused by tensile stress and bending stress is small, whereas that caused by twisting stress is large. This result shows that optical transmission is possible in spite of the fibre fracturing at the splice.
Keywords :
fracture; optical fibres; optical losses; stress effects; bending stress; fractured optical fibre splice; optical loss increase; optical transmission; tensile stress; twisting stress;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19911104
